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Ben83
May 21, 2019Copper Contributor
Merge two separate cells in excel, that feature currency to create a range ($#-$##)
Hi everyone, I am hoping someone might be able to help me. I have two columns denoting currency eg E1=$0, F1=$69 (converted to single decimal). I am attempting to merge the two together, and create a...
Rich99
May 21, 2019Iron Contributor
HI, This should achieve what you want ="$"&INT(E1)&"-$"&ROUND(F1,0)
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Rich
- Ben83May 21, 2019Copper Contributor
Rich99 - thanks alot for that mate. It worked a charm!
:)
If you don't mind be troubling you - would you be able to point out where I went wrong with the approach?
I'm trying to challenge myself to tackle things like this in excel, and make sure I learn each time I encounter something like this. Any quick insights you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
:)- Rich99May 26, 2019Iron ContributorSorry for the late reply, The main issue is that currency is a format issue, i.e. you just enter a number such as 0 and view it as $0 hence no $ symbol when you copy it. You can Round numbers with Concatenate, CONCATENATE(E1,ROUND(F1,0)) but i suspect your $68.814 was not saved as a number as the result you got when concatenating it included a $ symbol.